sawfly

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noun

Any of various flying insects of the suborder Symphyta, within the order Hymenoptera, whose ovipositor is long and often serrated and is used to cut into plants to lay eggs.

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Meanings

nounsawfly (plural sawflies)

plural sawflies

  1. Any of various flying insects of the suborder Symphyta, within the order Hymenoptera, whose ovipositor is long and often serrated and is used to cut into plants to lay eggs.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
leaf wasp

Origin

From saw + fly.

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Translations

Bulgarian листна оса
  • листна оса (listna osa)insect of the suborder Symphyta
Chinese Mandarin 叶蜂
  • 叶蜂 (yèfēng)insect of the suborder Symphyta
Danish savhveps, træ- bladhveps
  • savhvepsinsect of the suborder Symphyta
  • træ- bladhvepsinsect of the suborder Symphyta
Estonian vaablane
  • vaablaneinsect of the suborder Symphyta
Finnish sahapistiäinen
  • sahapistiäineninsect of the suborder Symphyta
French mouche à scie
  • mouche à scieinsect of the suborder Symphyta
German Pflanzenwespe
  • Pflanzenwespeinsect of the suborder Symphyta
Korean 잎벌
  • 잎벌 (ipbeol)insect of the suborder Symphyta
Polish rośliniarka
  • rośliniarkainsect of the suborder Symphyta
Russian пили́льщик
  • пили́льщик (pilílʹščik)insect of the suborder Symphyta
Swedish växtstekel
  • växtstekelinsect of the suborder Symphyta
Turkish ağaçkesen
  • ağaçkeseninsect of the suborder Symphyta
Cite this entry
APA

sawfly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sawfly

MLA

“sawfly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sawfly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sawfly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sawfly.

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